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The Warden-Part21_Antony Trollope(1815-1882)_English Literature(文学名著)-第2页

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lawsuit was over, that Bold had commissioned her to assure

her father in his name that it would be abandoned,--that there



was no further cause for misery, that the whole matter might

be looked on as though it had never been discussed. She did



not tell him with what determined vehemence she had obtained

this concession in his favour, nor did she mention the price



she was to pay for it.

The warden did not express himself peculiarly" target="_blank" title="ad.特有地；古怪地">peculiarly gratified at



this intelligence, and Eleanor, though she had not worked for

thanks, and was by no means disposed to magnify her own good



offices, felt hurt at the manner in which her news was received.

'Mr Bold can act as he thinks proper, my love,' said he; 'if



Mr Bold thinks he has been wrong, of course he will discontinue

what he is doing; but that cannot change my purpose.'



'Oh, papa!' she exclaimed, all but crying with vexation;

'I thought you would have been so happy--I thought all



would have been right now.'

'Mr Bold,' continued he, 'has set great people to work--so



great that I doubt they are now beyond his control. Read

that, my dear.' The warden, doubling up a number of The



Jupiter, pointed to the peculiar article which she was to read.

It was to the last of the three leaders, which are generally



furnished daily for the support of the nation, that Mr Harding

directed her attention. It dealt some heavy blows on various



clerical delinquents; on families who received their tens of

thousands yearly for doing nothing; on men who, as the



article stated, rolled in wealth which they had neither earned

nor inherited, and which was in fact stolen from the poorer



clergy. It named some sons of bishops, and grandsons of

archbishops; men great in their way, who had redeemed their



disgrace in the eyes of many by the enormity of their plunder;

and then, having disposed of these leviathans, it descended to



Mr Harding.

'We alluded some weeks since to an instance of similar



injustice, though in a more humble scale, in which the warden

of an almshouse at Barchester has become possessed of the



income of the greater part of the whole institution. Why an

almshouse should have a warden we cannot pretend to explain,



nor can we say what special need twelve old men can have for

the services of a separate clergyman, seeing that they have



twelve reserved seats for themselves in Barchester Cathedral.

But be this as it may, let the gentleman call himself warden



or precentor, or what he will, let him be never so scrupulous

in exacting religious duties from his twelve dependents, or



never so negligent as regards the services of the cathedral, it

appears palpably clear that he can be entitled to no portion of



the revenue of the hospital, excepting that which the founder

set apart for him; and it is equally clear that the founder did



not intend that three-fifths of his charity should be so consumed.

'The case is certainly a paltry one after the tens of thousands



with which we have been dealing, for the warden's income is

after all but a poor eight hundred a year: eight hundred a



year is not magnificent preferment of itself, and the warden

may, for anything we know, be worth much more to the



church; but if so, let the church pay him out of funds justly

at its own disposal.



'We allude to the question of the Barchester almshouse at

the present moment, because we understand that a plea has



been set up which will be peculiarly" target="_blank" title="ad.特有地；古怪地">peculiarly revolting to the minds

of English churchmen. An action has been taken against Mr



Warden Harding, on behalf of the almsmen, by a gentleman

acting solely on public grounds, and it is to be argued that Mr



Harding takes nothing but what he received as a servant of the

hospital, and that he is not himself responsible for the amount



of stipend given to him for his work. Such a plea would

doubtless be fair, if anyone questioned the daily wages of a



bricklayer employed on the building, or the fee of the charwoman

who cleans it; but we cannot envy the feeling of a clergyman



of the Church of England who could allow such an argument to be

put in his mouth.



'If this plea be put forward we trust Mr Harding will be

forced as a witness to state the nature of his employment; the



amount of work that he does; the income which he receives;

and the source from whence he obtained his appointment.



We do not think he will receive much public sympathy to

atone for the annoyance of such an examination.'






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